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This is where a person carries a photo of a loved one who isn't with them around them at all times. This loved one can be somebody who is dead, far away for an extended period of time or the carrier may just be a StalkerWithACrush. If the person is dead, then this symbolizes the attatchment that the carrier still has. If they're far away, then this shows that the carrier is anticipating their return. If the carrier is a stalker then there are thousands more where that came from. It may also be an OrphansPlotTrinket, usually when kept in a locket. Even still, if the photo is ruined, there are two possible outcomes:

#[[RoaringRampageOfRevenge The carrier gets mad and beats or kills the person who ruined the photo.]]#[[HeroicBSOD The loss of the photo simply "breaks" the carrier.]]

If the person in the photo is dead and the story is set in Japanese culture, the photo will be all the more important as a channel for the deceased person's spirit to [[TalkingToTheDead stay in touch with those still living]].

Not to be confused with FatalFamilyPhoto, though it can overlap.

----!!Examples

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[[folder: Anime and Manga ]]

* Hughes from ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' carries a photo of his daughter and wife 24/7. They aren't dead or far away, just at home, so they aren't personally there for him to point to and declare that they are the most beautiful wife and cute daughter in existence. Hence the photos.* Zoisite looks fondly at a picture of himself and Kunzite in an episode of ''Anime/SailorMoon'' as he prepares for his latest plan. After Zoisite's death, Kunzite is seen looking sadly at it after an argument with the brainwashed Endymion.

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[[folder: Films -- Animated ]]

* Blankie in ''WesternAnimation/TheBraveLittleToaster'' keeps a picture of the Master which he hugs for comfort.* In ''Disney/LiloAndStitch'', Lilo keeps a picture of her dead parents under her pillow. She gets angry at Stitch when he touches it, and when [[spoiler:his fight with Jumba destroys her house and Stitch returns the scorched picture, Lilo rejects him and tells him to go away.]]* Robyn Starling from ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryTheMovie'' had one. Hers is a locket with a photo of her Indiana Jones-esque dad - who turns out to be alive in the end.

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[[folder: Films -- Live-Action ]]

* The photograph of Sarah Connor that John Connor gave to Kyle Reese in ''Film/TheTerminator''. The photo itself is shown being taken at the end of the movie, as Sarah is about to drive into the desert.* In ''Film/BlackHawkDown'', downed helicopter pilot Mike Durant is holed up while two Delta snipers try to protect him. After they are killed, he pulls out a photo of his wife just before he is dragged away, trying and failing to hang onto the photo. [[spoiler: Though it isn't shown in the movie, he is later released and returns home to his wife.]]* In ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'', Eddie has a desk full of old photos of him and his brother Teddy having fun together before Teddy was killed.* Logan is shown to carry a photo of Jean Grey in ''Film/TheWolverine.'' However, considering his MadLove for her and the FridgeLogic that he most likely stole the photo from [[OfficialCouple Scott and Jean's]] possessions after [[spoiler:their deaths]] in the ''Film/XMenTheLastStand,'' it comes across as quite creepy, especially as he barely knew her.[[note]] They spent about five days in each otherís company across the whole of the original trilogy. [[/note]]* Juror #3 in ''Film/TwelveAngryMen'' tears up his photo of himself with a young man (assumed to be his son, who has either left home after a fight or died) in a fit of rage, and quickly regrets it.

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[[folder: Live-Action TV ]]

* On ''Series/TimeTrax'' the avatar of Lambert's MagicalComputer SELMA was based on the one photo he had of his mother.* ''Series/ThePretender'': The protagonist carries a photo of his mother, whom he hasn't seen since he was abducted as a child.* On ''Series/{{Arrow}}'', Right before Oliver left on the ''Queen's Gambit'', Laurel gave him a picture of her. It frequently appears in the flashbacks with Oliver constantly looking at it, and it is made clear that it and the reminder that she was back home [[LivingEmotionalCrutch is what kept Oliver going at various low points]].-->'''Yao Fei:''' You're going to wear that thing out just by looking at it.

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* ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' There is a photo of your love interest from the previous game on Shepard's desk. If you remain faithful to him/her, Shpeard will pick it up and stare at it right before launching the SuicideMission. If you get a new Love Interest, the photo is turned face down. It is also revealed in ''Lair of the Shadow Broker'' that [[spoiler:Matriarch Aethyta has one of Liara]].* Torque from ''VideoGame/TheSuffering'' carries one of the family he's on death row for murdering. Its condition serves as the KarmaMeter that determines whether he did it.* NobleDemon Laharl from ''VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness'' keeps a picture of his [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas dead mother hidden in his room]].* It's only mentioned in party banter with Cole, but in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'', Cassandra has a locket which belonged to her grandmother, and inside is a portrait of her deceased brother Anthony, whom she idolized.* In ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami'', Jacket keeps a picture with him at all times. The picture's contents is reveled in its sequel.

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[[folder: Western Animation ]]

* ''WesternAnimation/BooBoomTheLongWayHome'': One of the only items Boo-Boom has left after being separated from his parents is a family photograph. He can get very angry or upset if someone takes it from him.* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'': [[spoiler: Donald keeps a single photo of his sister Della, which shows her shoving his face into a birthday cake.]]

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[[folder: Real Life ]]

* Prince Louis of Battenberg (later known as Lord Louis Mountbatten) met his first cousin, Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna ("Marie") of Russia, when he was a teenager and was instantly and undeniably smitten with her from that point on, even decades after she was murdered with the rest of her family. He kept a photo of her on the mantelpiece of his bedroom until the end of his life.-->'''Mountbatten''': I was crackers about Marie, and was determined to marry her. She was absolutely lovely. I keep her photograph on the mantelpiece in my bedroom - always have.